Tackless carpet-stay.



No. 665,855. Patented m. a, neon.

L. c. WARNER.

TAGKLESS CARPET STAY.

(Application filed 1hr. 28, 1900.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LUCIUS O. WARNER, OF ADA, MICHIGAN.

TACKLESS CARPET-STAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 665,855, dated January8, 1901.

Application filed March 28, 1900. berial No. 10,568. (No model.)

To rtZl whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, LUOIUS O. WARNER, a citizen of the United Stat es,residing at Ada, county of Kent, State of Michigan, have invented anImprovement in Tackless Carpet- Stays, of which the following is aspecification.

Myinvention relates to means for securing carpets, rugs, or the like inposition upon the floor without the necessity of employing tacks ornails for this purpose.

The'object of my invention is to provide reliably-efficient meanswhereby a carpet may be readily secured in place upon the floor andeasily removed therefrom without the necessity of extracting tacks ornails, as is now common.

My invention consists in certain novel features of combination andconstruction of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of mysecuring device ready for instant use. Fig. 2 is a perspective Viewshowing the edge of a room properly provided with my improved securingdevice ready for the carpet.

In order to conveniently designate the several features of my inventionand their cooperating accessories, numerals will be employed, of which 1indicates the body portion of my improved securing device, which may beformed of any suitable material, as a strip of sheet metal, which isprovided with a series of apertures at proper intervals designed toreceive the retaining or anchoring screws or nails 2, whereby the stripmay be readily secured in position, preferably adjacent to the wall orat that point where it is desired to dispose the edge of the carpet orrug.

The outer edge of the body portion of my securing device is providedwith a series of recesses 3, which may be readily formed by striking outof the edge of the metal a portion thereof, as will be readilyunderstood. Near the central portion of each recess I 10- cate ananchoring or retaining point 4, which is preferably integral with thebody portion and is designed to engage the edge of the carpet, wherebythe carpet may be reliably retained in position.

The recesses or notches 3 should be made of proper depth to insure thatthe edge 5 may extend under the base-board, while said recesses shouldbe made of sufficient width to leave the points 4 removed from the sidesof the recess a proper distance in order that the carpet may be morereadily hooked over the anchoring-points 4. without coming in contactwith said sides. By thus providing one continuous strip of metal wit-h aplurality of anchoring-points the entire side of a room may be easilyprovided with means for engaging the the entire edge of one side of thecarpet or rug.

By the arrangement just described I am enabled to provide a series ofanchoringpoints 4 out of part of the metal from which the recesses 3 areformed, while the same work of forming the recesses and said anchoringpoints also provides the extended edge 5 and leaves it in readiness forengaging with the base-board, as will be obvious.

It will be understood that the recesses 3 may be of sufficient depth toleave the free edge 5 of the plate forming the body portion free toextend under the edge of the baseboard, if desired, whereby the saidplate will be more reliably located in its operative position.

It is obvious by reference to the drawings that the edge of the carpetmay be very readily and reliably secured by hooking the same over theseries of retaining-points 4, when, if desired, said points may bestruck downward, as with blow of a hammer.

My improved securing device may be very cheaply and readily formed, asfrom a strip of sheet metal of proper extent and character, it beingclear that the recesses 3 and the retainingpoints 4 may besimultaneously formed by a proper tool or dye. 1 claim a specialadvantage for my securing device, which arises from the fact that theretainingpoints 4 are located at the inner end of a recess,which permitsthe free edge 5 of the plate or body portion 1 to be more reliablyanchored in place, as above set forth.

Believing that the advantages, use, and construction of my improvedretaining device for carpets, 850., will be made fully apparent from theforegoing specification considered in connection with the accompanyingdrawings,further reference to the details is deemed unnecessary.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The herein-described securing device for carpets, 850., comprising acontinuous strip of sheet metal provided upon one edge with a series ofangular recesses and an anchoring finger 4 located centrally in theinner end of each of said recesses, said finger being formed of part ofthe metal struck out in formingits recess whereby the carpet may behooked over said'finger and secured without coming in contact with theedge of the recesses, substantially as specified and for the purpose setforth.

2. A securing device for carpets comprising a continuous strip of metalhaving recesses upon one edge and integrally-formed fingers located inthe inner ends of said recesses and wholly separated from the edgesthereof thereby forming the extended anchoring edges 5 whereby the edgeof the carpet may be secured by being hooked over said fingers withoutcontacting the edges of the recesses and suitable means to anchor thestrip of metal in its operative position as set forth.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a continuous strip of sheet metalhaving in one edge a series of open-mouthed notches or recesses 3; ananchoring-finger 4 located in the inner end of each recess and formed ofpart of the metal removed 'fherefrom,'said finger beingupwardly andoutwardly curved,whereby the edge of the metal between the recesses willextend outward beyond the reach of said finger, substantially asspecified and for the purpose set forth.

LUOIUS O. WARNER. Witnesses:

ED. 0. DUFF, LAFAYETTE VAN AMBURG.

